Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dominant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of
dominari: cf. F. dominant. See {Dominate}.]
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as,
the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with
the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but
imperious, insolent, and cruel. --Macaulay.
{Dominant estate} or {tenement} (Law), the estate to which a
servitude or easement is due from another estate, the
estate over which the servitude extends being called the
servient estate or tenement. --Bouvier. --Wharton's Law
Dict.
{Dominant owner} (Law), one who owns lands on which there is
an easement owned by another.
Syn: Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant;
ascendant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.)
The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A
of D, and so on.
{Dominant chord} (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dominant
adj 1: exercising influence or control; "television plays a
dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the
dominant partner in the marriage" [ant: {subordinate}]
2: of genes; producing the same phenotype whether its allele is
identical or dissimilar [ant: {recessive}]
n : (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
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